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** A'i- — THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS. VOL. IX. NO. 5. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, Oct. 29. 1909. $ I .CO Per Annum I »• ♦ -■/ \ GOOD TRADE FOR MERCHANTS EXPECTED IN 4 - Farmers so Far Been Too Busy to Buy Their Winter Supplies. Owing to the fact that the farmers in the territory around Milledgevdle have boen so busy all the fall gathering their crons, they are very unusally late in purenaseing their winter goods, and it is safe to say that the merchants will do the largest amount of business during November that they have done in many months past. An average crop and the high prices for cotton haa enabled the farmers to meet their obligations with the ware houses and supply houses almost entire ly- . I,arge grain crops are being planted in this vacinitv and the future outlook promises to be one of unusal amount of prosperity for this city. F. W. Hendrickson Has Tomatoes After Frost Despite the fact that a heavy froet visiting this section Monday morning Mr. F. W. Hendrickson, the well known farmer and truck grower oat at Scobts- boro, still his a large quantity of fine, fresh tomatoes. He has a telephone and is ready to fill orders and proposes to protect his gardeYis against frost for some time yet. THE BALDWIN COUNTY BUCK COMPANY SELLS 1.700.000 •f* r» One of the largest sales of brick in the history of Milledgeville hss Just been consummated by the Baldwin County Brick and Pottery Co. in which the enormous amouut of 1,700,190 brick was sold in one order. The order came from Charleston and will be seat to two customers of the concerr ordering the brick. The sale speaks well for Messrs. Barnes and Vaughan, who have active charge of the plant, Mr. Vaughan being selling agent. CHILD ACCIDENTALLY BURNED TO DEATH Clothing Caught From Fire Place And Died a Few Hours Later. The clothing of the little three year old son ot Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur A. Harris, who lives out several miles from Milledgeville just over the line in HancocK, was caught by a blaze from the fire place in the house and before the mother could smother the blaze the child was fatally burned and died in a short while afterwards. Mr. Harris is a well to do farmer and well known in Milledgeville. The re mains were intered in the cemetery at Black Springs Church, Rev. L. D. Coggins conducting the funeral ser- yices. The many friends of the parents ex tend their heart fell sympathy. QUAIL SEASON WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY Game Laws Permit Hunters to Begin Shooting Favor!! Bird Next Week And Nlmrods Are Impatient. SUPERIOR COURT TO 1 OPEN MONDAY Long Week of Judicial Work up Be fore Judge Lewis And som? Cases Are Very Interesting. aiiow me ,f£yw so The crack of the gun and the call of the hunter will be heard over the cour tv nc"xt week. The game law permit ting the killing of quail will allow the hunters to follow 'he trail afj day, Nov. 1st. The la\^^; force until next March. The state law permittimg the shoot- ing of jquail from November 1st to, March 15th. but prohidiling it at all other times of the year is obeyed very, generally by hunters over the state, but they are impatiently waiting for today week when thev will begin op erations. The woods and fields in thi3 section contain many Bob Whites and the nimrods even now a-e oiling their guns and getting their dogs into fine con dition for the season. There are a large number of sportsmen in Augusta who delight in shooting quail and from now until March the woods will be teeming with them in many local ities. The adjourned term of Baldwin coun ty superior court will begin hero next Monday and throughout the entire week it is quite probable that the court will be busy. Some important cases are up for consideration and much de tail work will also have to be carried through. The grand jury may finish its wor# before the week is over, but the ij^purt will hardly adjourn before Friday i^^r Saturday. Oconee Brick & Tile Co. Making Addition to Plant Preparing to make from drain and partition tile Oconee Brick and Tila Co., already one of the flourishing industries of this city, is adding quite a good deal to the plant. The new machinery has been ordered and will soon be in place, ready to turn out the tile. The management of the plant is un der the capable hand of Mr. J. S. Bone aod he has made splendid success of the establishment since its incipiency. With the increased facilities and the dopaiture into tile maxing the new plant will be one of the leadi ig concerns of iu kind in the state. Judge Lewis will be presiding and Solicitor General Pottle will look after e interests of the state. It is ex- cted that quite a crowd will be in Milledgeville on account of the fact that farmers are so well up with their work and they will be in a position to come. STATE FAIR OPENED IN MACON WEDNESDAY The Georgia state fair opened in Macon Wednesday and for the next ten days the Central City will be crowded with visitors from over the whole state. The exhibits are all in place and the fair promises to eclipse anything held in Macon in many years. Mr. F. M. fiobert Probably Oldest K. of P.in Slate Maccahee Organize Lodge At Devsrsux Last Thursday the Maccabees organ ized a tent of the order at Devereux and quito and enthusiastic meeting was held. Twenty members went in as charter organizers and the lodge promises to be one of the best in the state. Mr. A. C. Hamrick, state comman der of the order, has completed his work here and Mr. F, A. Hall, of this city, has been made Deputy State Com mander and he will have charge of the state organization work for the next few months. He has already added several new members to the order for the Milledgeville tent since he has had charge. Milledgeville Lodge, K. of P. pro bably‘has the distinction of having the oldest member of the order in the state in point of service in the person of Mr, ( ' Frank M Gobert. He joined the order in Louisville in 1874. The lodge was known as Damon Lodge No. 10 and theK. of P. order was then only ten yeaisold. He has been a member in good standing since that time and with the exception of one term, which he him reel :is Chancellor Commander of the Milledgeville lodge, he j»as been Mas ter at Arms for iWe con .ecutiva years. He has also been president of the Tenth District and is now Deputy Grand Chancellor of the District. Mr. Gobert loves the order dearly and hardly ever passes a meeting night without answering roll call unless he is too ill to come. He wears the medal of honor as a quarter century knight, but he has been a member for 35 years now. Dr. Atkinson Takes A Dip In told Waters oi Oconee Dill pickles at-C. E. Greene’s. Monday just before noon Dr. John P Atkinson took a dip into the cold waters of the Gconee river rather unexpect edly. He was going down to the ap proaching of the Baldwin County Brick Co.’s ferry when the brake.on his auto snapped and the machine plunged into the river. The ferry boat was not in waiting, but Dr. Atkinson jumped in time to avoid dire results. A block and teckle was used to haul out the auto. DIXIE. GEM TIC SOUTHLANDS FAVORITE When you think of Coal, think of “Dixie Gem”— Not better than the best, but better than the rest. It's a BLACK business, but we treat you WHITE. FOWLER-FLEMISTER COAL COMPANY PHONH XOB Country Schools Attendance Good And indication Are That Splendid Results Will Be Attained This Term. All the country schools of Baldwin county opened for the regular term last Monday and quite a large attend ance was recorded from the first. Mr. -*F\. H. Bullard, recently elected county setool commissioner, will socn assume charge of the schools and it is expected that marked improvement will be noted in them ns he proposes to devoted virtually all his time to the schools, * The complete list of teachers for the various schools of the county is as follows: i Coopetville—Prof. W. D. Hammno- tree and Mrs. W. D. Hammontree.' Salem—Misses Kate F. Roberts and Abbie L. Hill. Pine Grove, Miss Essie Newton. Camp Creek —Miss Euln Simpson. Midway-Misses Agnes Stembridge, Marion HoiUnahead and Mrs. Ola Ed wards. Mt. Pleasant—Miss Leone Etheridge, State Farm —Miss Berta Williamson. Hopewell —MisH Bernice Amos. Trilby—Miss Julia Riley. Pleasant Grove—Miss Eleanor Adams. Watson —Mrs. F. M, Beals. Dovedale—Miss Ethel Stembridge. Humphries, Miss Bonner. Moran's— Miss Nannie Finney. Bass—Miss Eva L. Arnold. Harmony —Miss Mammie Torrance. Union Point—Miss Ethel Pugh. THE IMPRINT OF THIS CITY Milled^vlllo En|oy!ng an Era oTJUnprncedenliid Pror.pi rily And Indications Point to a Continuance Throjghoul Tits Lillra Season Local Ojep Play Been Postponed On Account o( Previous Engagement * by Professional Company, Play Postponed till Nov. 19th The date of the play to be|given by the Georgia wilitary College Players Club has been changed from Friday night, November I2th. to Friday night No vember, Tilth. This change was made necessary by a previous engagement of the "pera house, bv a professional company lor November. 16th. Full announcement of the play with all the details, will appear in the next bsue of the News. Meanwhile the public will wait for the best production local talent has ever undertaken to present, so every body can put the new date down in their memorandum, for Friday Novem ber 19th. Sanitarium Investigation Will Star! in a Few Days The special legislt tive comlnittee appointed to thoroughly investigate con ditions prevailing at the state sani tarium here will begin the Second Mon day in November and they will be kept busy for quite awhile. Everybody who >6 intimately acquainted with the insti tution is thoroughly confident that the outcome of the affair will be highly creditable to the management of the institution. Court House to be Protected on Interior Clerk cf the court, Mr. J. C. Cooper, has posted notices in the court house warning everybody against expectorat ing on the floor and defacing the walla; or marking on tham in any way. The taw provides for the protection of pub lic buildings and as the interior of the court has just been cleaned up and painted it ia proposed to keep it in splendid condition. Miss Ethel Stembridge spent Satur day and Sunday with her parents here. There is a general impression of splen did trade and better conditions in every way in Millodgeviile. The country folk and city folk areviewing with eachothir in an effort to demonstrate the fact that key realize a new era is upon this sec- t , an of the south. This is clearly in dicated by trade in every line of busi ness. An examination of affairs now and at this time last year will thorough ly convince any one that prosperity js back hero once more and here to stay. The most skeptical man eunnot argue anything to the contrary, the pes simistic can find no excuse to combat Iho optimist. The conservative man views the situation with a keen degree of pleasure. This is not a news item. It is not editorial, for it savors too much of tell ing things out of school to bo admitted as such matter. But it i% simply a statement of facts that ought to in terest everyboby interested in the wel fare of Milledgeville and the upbuild ing of Baldwin county. For just eleven months now the present management of The News has had control of the paper right on the spot. To eav that we a»-8 immensely pleased with Mil ledgeville, with Milledgeville folk and the treatment they have accorded us, would be putting it mildly. We. bow in thanks, made our prettiest court'.eses, so to Bpeak, assure you of heartfelt ap preciation we carry way down deep in our hearts. We want to say this is your paper, we are your servants. Nothing we can do will be good enough for you. We MILLION AND HALF IN COTTON CARGO On Tho Str.am.shin Indian Sails Fur Bremen Willi Twenty-Three Thousands Bales. Savannah, Ga. —, the steamship Indian, which s-i! Satqiday for Bre- fnen, will carry the most valuable cargo ever taken from Savannuh. Over $1.5.10,000 is represented in the cotton carried by tho.big Lelnnd leviathan, in addition to which other cargo is carried. The ve ssel carries 2B,000 halos of cot ton practically all of which weighs considerably over the average 500 uound bale. It is calculated that the steamer carries an equivalent of 23,600 500-pound bales. This nt. the current price of cotton la worth $1,625,088. In addition the vessel carries 700 barrels of rosin worth $5,000. This makes the value of the cargo aggregate $1,630,077. are ready to serve you. If it’s any- . , . ... . thmg in our line, or edtqf it, wefil be of ot to help. We Physicians of tho state’I sanitarium glad to do what we can invite co-operation, we solicit support, we urge you to help us. Think about some of the little ways you can do it and watch us do more and turn out a better paper in the future. For Rent. Mr. John M. Edwards’ old home place about 1 1-2 miles from town possession given Jan. 1. For further particulars apply to Miss Bessie Edwards. 209’Liberty St. Dr. Mobley to Attend Pellagra Convention mv is attending the southern pellagra convention in Columbia. Much inter- ost is now manifested in the disease which seems to be gaining headway in the south. By investigation and comparison it is hoped by the scientific workers in the mudicul world that a remedy will be secured to overcome the dreaded disease. Miss Annie Ennis was in Milieuga- ville Saturday. .►JBSKSKWaiiZSSGesrf This is a Watch Ad There are many • things' in our stock that we feel we should talk about, hut when we look at that great big stock of watches, wo decide to give you a little watch talk. Our stock is unusual because it includes all there is in th* American watch—in make and in price. We have them to fit ail con ditions, from the school—boy to the railroad man, in price from $1 to $125. These American makes are familiar to you—The Ingersoll, New England, Elgin, Waltham, South Bend, Illinois, Hamilton, and Howard—with an attractive line of cases to "select Jfrom. Our record| books show a lung list of satisfied customers. We ara right here ’at home to protect each customer. We invite your inspection even if you do not contemplate buying. DIXON WILLIAMS, JEWELER “It is all right if you buy it from Williams.”